Educating Risa

Jim took the boys back to the zoo for a few hours this afternoon, after I ranted like a lunatic it became clear I need a few hours of Mommy-recharge time. They headed back wearing bright-coloured shirts, and sure enough, it worked! Both boys had butterflies land on them, and were able to gently transfer them to their hands.

They also spent some time climbing on the elephants—stone ones, that is.

Fingers crossed, Gareth seems to be doing fine so far. After the homeschool day at the zoo Friday, and playing more outside in the backyard when we got home—it was our first 20C degree day of the year!—he had the worst asthma attack of his life that night. We were maybe 5-10 more minutes from a trip to the hospital when he started improving. Whew!